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245 10 a| Islam and the tyranny of authenticity :b| an inquiry into disciplinary apologetics and self-deception /c| Aaron W. Hughes.;

264 1 a| Sheffield, UK ;a| Bristol, CT :b| Equinox,c| 2015.;

300 a| xviii, 143 pages ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-138) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Preface: Noble lies -- Introduction: Setting the problem, laying the ground -- 1. Islamic religious studies and the politics of identity -- 2. Prisoners of Said -- 3. Insiders, outsiders, and the path between -- 4. Business as usual -- 5. Jacob Neusner meets Islamic studies -- 6. Turf wars -- Bibliography -- Index.;

520 a| Many scholars of Islam are interested in creating a liberal, inclusive, pluralistic, feminist, and modern version of the religion that they believe to be explicit in the pages of the Qur'ān, but missed by earlier interpreters. In so doing, they create "good" Islam and, in the process, seek to define what does and does not get to count as authentic. As the purveyors of what they now believe to be veritable Islam, they subsequently claim that rival presentations are bastardizations based either on Orientalism and Islamophobia (if one is a non-Muslim) or misogyny and homophobia (if one is a Muslim that disagrees with them). Instead of engaging in critical scholarship, they engage in a constructive and theological project that they deceive themselves into thinking is both analytical and empirical. This book provides a hard-hitting examination of the spiritual motivations, rhetorical moves, and political implications associated with these apologetical discourses. It argues that what is at stake is relevance, and examines the consequences of engaging in mythopoesis as opposed to scholarship. -- Provided by publisher.;

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Islam and the tyranny of authenticity : an inquiry into disciplinary apologetics and self-deception / Aaron W. Hughes.

Author/creator	Hughes, Aaron W., 1968- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT : Equinox, 2015.
Description	xviii, 143 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	Islam--Apologetic works. Islam--Study and teaching.

Contents	Preface: Noble lies -- Introduction: Setting the problem, laying the ground -- 1. Islamic religious studies and the politics of identity -- 2. Prisoners of Said -- 3. Insiders, outsiders, and the path between -- 4. Business as usual -- 5. Jacob Neusner meets Islamic studies -- 6. Turf wars -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract	Many scholars of Islam are interested in creating a liberal, inclusive, pluralistic, feminist, and modern version of the religion that they believe to be explicit in the pages of the Qur'ān, but missed by earlier interpreters. In so doing, they create "good" Islam and, in the process, seek to define what does and does not get to count as authentic. As the purveyors of what they now believe to be veritable Islam, they subsequently claim that rival presentations are bastardizations based either on Orientalism and Islamophobia (if one is a non-Muslim) or misogyny and homophobia (if one is a Muslim that disagrees with them). Instead of engaging in critical scholarship, they engage in a constructive and theological project that they deceive themselves into thinking is both analytical and empirical. This book provides a hard-hitting examination of the spiritual motivations, rhetorical moves, and political implications associated with these apologetical discourses. It argues that what is at stake is relevance, and examines the consequences of engaging in mythopoesis as opposed to scholarship. -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-138) and indexes.
Genre/form	Apologetic writings.
Genre/form	Apologetic writings.
Genre/form	Écrits apologétiques.
LCCN	2015010606
ISBN	9781781792162 (hb)
ISBN	178179216X (hb)
ISBN	9781781792179 (pb)
ISBN	1781792178 (pb)
Standard identifier#	40025794552
Standard identifier#	99968757187

Islam and the tyranny of authenticity : an inquiry into disciplinary apologetics and self-deception / Aaron W. Hughes.

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